A Treasury of War Poetry: British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 (WWI Centenary Series)

Category

Poetry

Store

Wordery

Brand

Read books

A Treasury of War Poetry: British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 (WWI Centenary Series) : Last Post Press : 9781473314115 : 1473314119 : 21 May 2014 : "The present Anthology contains a number of representative poems produced by English-speaking men and women. The editorial policy has been humanly hospitable, rather than academically critical, especially in the case of some of the verses written by soldiers at the Front, which, however slight in certain instances their technical merit may be, are yet psychologically interesting as sincere transcripts of personal experience, and will, it is thought, for that very reason, peculiarly attract and interest the reader. It goes without saying that there are several poems in this group which conspicuously succeed also as works of art. For the rest, the attempt has been made, within such limitations as have been experienced, to present pretty freely the best of what has been found available in contemporary British and American war

16.99 GBP